Building Services

Alterations to Service during COVID19:

With the COVID19 situation changes have been made to some of the Building Service operations. Please see below for the availability of Building Unit staff:

Don Sherwell, Municipal Building Surveyor BSU 1413
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays Telephone 03 5522 2216

Ross Jarrad, Building Inspector INU 1527
Portland Office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Casterton Office Wednesdays by appointment Telephone 03 5522 2216

Building Inspections Tuesdays and Thursdays are to be booked 48 hours prior to requirement.

Administration Officer (Monday to Thursday 9am to 3pm)
Telephone 03 5522 2216

Email for all Building Services Staff and building enquiries or inspection bookings
building@glenelg.vic.gov.au

Drowning is one of the leading causes of preventable death in young children aged 0 to 5 years, and in Victoria, 40 per cent of drowning incidents in this age group occur in home swimming pools.

To improve child safety in and around pools and spas, Victoria’s Building Regulations changed on 1 December 2019, introducing new registration, inspection, maintenance and compliance requirements for property owners.

From Sunday, 1 December 2019:

WHEN IS A BUILDING PERMIT REQUIRED?

The Victorian Building Authority (VBA) have put out reference notes for a variety of issues that arise regarding building permits, but if you are unsure when you require a building permit please click here and you will be directed to the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) Practice Note - When is a building permit required?

Building permit Process
Building permit Application
2020-2021 Building Service Fee Schedule

Planning and Building Permits are different permits and have different purposes. A Planning Permit is for the development and use of the property and any construction and may not always be needed where a building permit is generally always required when constructing, altering, extending or demolishing a building.

It is highly recommended that you contact Council prior to commencing any building works to ensure that you get the correct information prior to lodging an application. For more information contact Council"s One Stop Shop.

Once you have ascertained which permits are required you can submit your application via email to building@glenelg.vic.gov.au or planning@glenelg.vic.gov.au, in person at any of Council's Customer Service Centres in Portland Casterton or Heywood or via post to Glenelg Shire Council PO Box 152 Portland VIC 3305

NOTE: If a Planning is required, the Planning Permit has to be issued before the building permit can be issued. Applications for both Planning and Building permits can be applied for at the same time and assessed concurrently.

Planning Permits

Contact details for Building and Planning Units:
Building Department Ph: 03 5522 2216 Email: building@glenelg.vic.gov.au
Planning Department Ph: 03 5522 2187 Email: planning@glenelg.vic.gov.au

Property Information Request

When you sell your property or are purchasing a property you may require Building permit information to ensure all building works on the property and have been issued either a Certificate of Final Inspection or Occupancy Permit ensuring all works are compliant with the Building Act 1993. Should you require this information or access to building plans or legal point of discharge information please click here for the Property Information Request form. The relevant fee is listed next to the item required ad can be paid when submitting your completed form which should be accompanied by a copy of the property title or written permission from the owner allowing access to the information.

There have been changes to the process of issuing of Building Permits and collection of the Government Levy. All building permits issued within Victoria will have numbers issued by the Victorian Building Authority.

Due to the new permit processing Council will no longer be collecting the government levy as part of the building permit application process.

To ensure that your building permit is processed quickly all documentation should be lodged at the time of submitting your building permit application. This will enable Council to lodge your application details with the Victorian Building Authority (VBA).

The VBA will then forward an invoice for payment of the government levy to the nominated entity (owner/builder/ applicant if different to owner). Once the levy has been paid the VBA will forward the allocated permit number to Council for issuing all permit documentation relevant to the application.

Any delays in payment of the Government levy or submission of all relevant documentation will impact the issuing time of the permit from Council as Council can’t issue a permit until the permit number is received from the VBA.

For more information please click here to read the VBA Fact sheet.

Asbestos.
Asbestos is a fibrous material that has been used in the building industry over many years. The use of this material has now stopped and its removal is often required during development or renovation work.

Council does not have the power to investigate or enforce any breaches of legislation regarding the removal and disposal of asbestos. There are government bodies that do control these matters and they are EPA (Environment Pollution Authority) Victoria and Victorian WorkCover Authority (WorkSafe).

EPA Victoria
EPA Victoria has produced a document regarding the transport and disposal of waste asbestos. This document outlines the method and procedures for transporting and disposal of asbestos. They also control and list the licensed premises to accept waste asbestos.

WorkCover
WorkCover handles the registration of approved people to transport and dispose of waste asbestos. They also control the working conditions for building sites while asbestos is being removed from a building and the site. This is mainly to deal with Occupation Health and Safety (OHS).

See the link below Asbestos - A guide for householders and the general public for more helpful information about Asbestos.